Revenge From Mars
Bally, 1999Just wondering, I've been playing RFM a lot lately and not once have I gotten to play the martian hypno beam. I even set the machine to 10 balls to have the longest possible chance and still no go. Does anyone know if there's a setting I've missed or is it just extremely rare to come up? It's driving me slightly mad!
It normally comes up for me after 5+ Stroke of Lucks. I think it also depends on how many modes you've completed. The more modes you knock out, the great the rewards of the SOL cellar shot (my guess).
Quoted from GreenMeerkat:I've been playing RFM a lot lately and not once have I gotten to play the martian hypno beam.
You've played it several times, but each time you've been hypnotized into forgetting you just played it.
It's a great mode (and a way to earn an extra ball), just not as cool as strobe light multiball on AFM.
I am on 1.5. Looked through the settings and don't see anything related to it. I mean I do see the option in SOL every so often but it never gets selected. Maybe it can hear the expletives I'm shouting at it now. So frustrating!
Quoted from mtdouble:How do you upgrade the software?
IIRC; it's a Serial port inside the coin door. Then you run a special application on an XP box which serially transmits the code to the RFM computer.
Quoted from pindan3:I have RFM and got the hipto mode several times.
Are you saying you own RFM and you're hip, too? Or does owning RFM make you hip too?
Oh my............I started the video, then paused it, took a look at my game, and I only have 1.2 , now I must watch the rest and update my game ASAP!!!! Thanks!!!! Of course I'm not puter savy so I will have to find one of my teck guys to help me!!! ...........oicu812 where R U???? !!!! lol thanks Again!......now back to the video!
No problem! I am at 1.5, so I think I'll stay put, but I always wondered how to update P2000 as well, so yeah, great reference video! Glad I could help!
Hypno Multiball
This will show up as a Stroke of Luck award, usually after about 2-3 Stroke of Luck awards have been collected or several modes have been completed. Think strobe multiball without the flashing. All playfield lights go out except for those relating to a lit shot. Corresponding to the lit shot, a giant rotating spiral with 3 smaller rotating spirals are shown located at both ramps and the Capture Lane via the heads up display. The center targets will "damage" the large spiral, the "Beam Integrity" (percentage) of which is shown on the display. You must lower the Beam Integrity down to 0% to destroy the large spiral (about 15 hits). Hitting a smaller spiral will add a ball, relaunch any lost balls, and also awards a brief (10 second) ball saver. When the Beam Integrity on the large spiral has been depleted, the ramp will pop up to defeat it. The first time this is completed, an extra ball will be awarded. The second time, it is worth 15M.
copied from rulessheet.
Quoted from pindan3:Oh my............I started the video, then paused it, took a look at my game, and I only have 1.2 , now I must watch the rest and update my game ASAP!!!! Thanks!!!! Of course I'm not puter savy so I will have to find one of my teck guys to help me!!! ...........oicu812 where R U???? !!!! lol thanks Again!......now back to the video!
A lot of people have issues updating with the serial port since it is VERY finicky. If you're not able to get it to go, Rob Anthony (Borygard) will rent you a PUB card to do the update. You just plug it in to your computer, turn on the game and voila! You're updated. Pull the card and send it back to him.
Jaz
FWIW, some of the "finickyness" associated with the serial port likely stems from a factory assembly error. Of the 2 RFMs that I've owned, one had the ribbon cable for the serial port installed in the incorrect orientation on the motherboard header connector. Check that the serial cable connector cable red stripe is aligned with pin 1 on the associated motherboard header connector before trying the update via the serial port. I've seen others report this same issue, but I have no idea how prevalent it might be.
Quoted from TunaSled:Hypno Beam is my favorite mode in the game.
It is a good mode, but nowhere near as good as Martian Happy Hour or the fabulous Drive-In Demolition. Catch and hold the ball on one of the flippers and watch the whole black and white mini-movie "It Came from Uranus" on the drive-in screen (use the other flipper button to step through the screen displays so you don't have to sit through them all until they stop blocking the movie screen).
Quoted from twzdon1:how would I contact rob Anthony
He's on Pinside, but probably better thru his site:
http://www.lockwhenlit.com/default.htm
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